Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 495 Another case of someone automatically offering themselves up.
"It doesn't taste as good as what we make ourselves."

The shopkeeper brought over nuts, pastries, and drinks. Bai Ke immediately took a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth, giving a serious evaluation before nodding and saying, "It's barely edible."

The shopkeeper bowed and scraped, "How could such mundane things possibly catch the eye of a master?"

The embroiderer ruffled Bai Ke's hair. "It's already very good. In addition to maltose and lard, it also contains goat milk, which makes it very sweet and fragrant."

Bai Ke smacked her lips. "The sugar-oil ratio is wrong. If it weren't for the goat milk to enhance the aroma, it wouldn't even be palatable."

Chen Zhi suppressed a laugh, "Xiao Bai is such a gourmet, I can't even tell the difference."

Bai Ke put her hands on her hips, head held high, and said, "Of course!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and then they saw Bai Ke drink another cup of beverage that was supposedly made from fresh fruit juice.

His brows were furrowed and his face was contorted.

"It's so sour!" Bai Ke stuck out her tongue.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

As the curtain was being drawn on the stage in the main hall of the theater, the manager hurriedly took his leave, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

Gu Zhao also asked the embroiderer to pour him a glass of juice. He took a sip and found it to be sweet with a hint of sourness and a slightly bitter aftertaste.

It is indeed fresh fruit juice, and sugar has been added, but it can't completely mask the sourness and bitterness. However, you can still taste the natural fragrance of fresh fruit.

The performance on the theater stage began the next moment.

The songs and plays in this world are actually quite long, basically telling a complete story.

Singing is a description from a third-party perspective, while acting is about playing a character in a story, which is more detailed and full, and of course, takes longer.

Men and women took turns on stage, their performances full of emotion and captivating, their music clear and natural, quite similar to the traditional operas passed down on Earth.

The performer was highly skilled and sang beautifully, which captivated Gu Zhao.

Meanwhile, audiences continued to come and go from the theater.

Some audience members who had other commitments left, while others who had just found some free time entered.

Gu Zhao glanced around and saw that in addition to ordinary people, there were also officials, merchants, scholars, bodyguards, martial artists, street performers, and even two demons without any malevolent aura.

The Daluo Palace is located in Changping Prefecture, and its purpose is to eliminate evil and subdue demons, but it does not prohibit ordinary demons and monsters from living there.

Within Changping Prefecture, besides the Daluo Palace, there are still a few minor ghosts and spirits, solitary sorcerers, and reclusive demon spirits living in the mortal world.

Not everyone yearns for the Daluo Palace; some people simply prefer a carefree and unrestrained life.

The same applies to Xiuyue County. In the various buildings along Chun Street, there are still female demons and ghosts who absorb yang energy to replenish yin and then use medicine to restore men's yin energy. There are also old ghosts who run clinics and pharmacies to treat people and earn incense offerings, and demons who run pawnshops to make money.

As long as they don't do evil, the Great Luo Palace won't interfere with them.

Gu Zhao glanced at the two female demons. Their aura of malevolence was faint, and they were dressed in flamboyant attire, making it difficult for the men next to them to concentrate on the stage.

On the contrary, the two female demons were completely absorbed in the opera, as if they were immersed in the story, their expressions intoxicated and their eyes moist.

Gu Zhao smiled and didn't mind. Just as she turned her gaze back to the stage, the Five Thunder Token in her mind began to pulsate.

"Ok?"

Gu Zhao's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously glanced at the main entrance of the theater.

People were still coming and going at the gate. At this moment, two men who looked like scholars came out, and a handsome man who also looked like a scholar came in.

Just then, the handsome man seemed to sense Gu Zhao's gaze and also looked up at the private room.

However, Gu Zhao glanced at it briefly, then immediately looked away and raised the drink in his hand.

The man didn't notice Gu Zhao, who had concealed her aura, but he did see the women beside her. He especially fixed his gaze on Bai Ke, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Hmm?" They were all highly skilled cultivators, extremely sensitive to the gazes of others.

If it's intentional concealment, that's fine. If one conceals their aura and acts like a mortal, it's extremely difficult to detect anything unusual unless the other party's cultivation level is several levels higher or they use their divine sense or magical power to forcibly probe.

But the man did not conceal his eyes, so Bai Ke noticed him as soon as she looked up.

Bai Ke's unusual behavior was noticed by the embroiderer who was on good terms with her, who looked at the handsome man who had just entered.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuo Qingyan, Ye Ruyan, Miao Yunji, Bi Yingying, and Chen Zhi also looked up.

Gu Zhao held the teacup in her hand before looking at the handsome man.

The group exchanged glances, the man chuckled, then looked away, leisurely found a seat at the back, ordered some snacks and tea, and began to watch the show.

"That guy's smile is malicious!" Bai Ke grinned.

Just as the man had set his sights on her, Bai Ke felt a pang of fear, as if a great calamity was about to befall her.

“The other party is a cultivator,” Ye Ruyan said quietly, “and his cultivation is not weak.”

Chen Zhi didn't care, "He'd better not have any bad intentions."

Just kidding. If it were just her and Bi Yingying outside, she might have some worries, but who is she with now?

Gu Zhao!

Sect Leader of the Great Luo Palace!
One of the world's top masters!

Unless the opponent is a master like the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Spirits, she doesn't need to worry.

This place is Xiuyue County, surrounded by ordinary people. Although Bai Ke, Ye Ruyan and the others discovered the handsome man, they did not actively release their divine sense aura.

It's unclear what the man on the other side was thinking, but he also didn't release his divine sense or aura.

In other words, although both sides could tell that the other was no ordinary person, they did not test each other, so they did not know just how powerful the other was.

But Gu Zhao had a general idea.

Because the other party's malevolent aura was extremely strong.

A master with such a strong aura of malevolence cannot have low cultivation level; at the very least, it cannot be less than a thousand years.

Therefore, Gu Zhao did not act immediately to avoid harming the surrounding people.

However, he wasn't in a hurry. This person had clearly set their sights on them, and he just needed to wait for them to come to him on their own.

Then everyone began to watch the show quietly.

In the hall, a handsome man leisurely ate snacks and drank tea.

Inside the elegant room, Gu Zhao and the others relaxed as they ate snacks and nuts and drank tea and beverages.

As the sun began to set and dusk approached...

"It sounds great!" Bai Ke downed the sour juice in one gulp.

"A pretty good new play," Zhuo Qingyan commented. "No wonder it's the Futai Opera Troupe, a decades-old establishment."

Miao Yunji nodded, then glanced downwards. "He's already gone."

Chen Zhi narrowed her eyes slightly, "Are you planning to ambush us in some secluded place?"

Ye Ruyan smiled slightly, "If that's the case, wouldn't that be perfect?"

Gu Zhao nodded and said to the two outer disciples waiting at the door, "Prepare the carriage to leave the city and get ready to go home."

(End of this chapter)